Combined weather-strip and door-check



No. 6ll,676. A Patented Oct. 4, |898. N. F. CAVE.

COMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND DUUR CHECK.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1898.) l

(No Model.)

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NEVTON F. CAVE, OF KEARNEY, MISSOURI.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,676, dated October4, 1898. Application led April 4, 1898. Serial No. 676,480. (o model.)

1 which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined weather-strips anddoor-checks.

The object of 'the present invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive, and eflicient device adapted to b e Vreadily mounted on adoor and capable of forming an effective weather-strip for excludingair, moisture, a d dust.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will alsoserve as a doorcheck to retain a door in an open position and prevent itfrom closing violently and which will also operate as a bolt for lockingthe door in its closed position., r

The invention consists in\the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illus-y trated inthe accompanying drawings, and

pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a combinedweather-strip and doorcheck constructed in vaccordance with thisinvention and shown applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview.

Like numerals of reference designate' corresponding parts in bothfigures of the drawings. v l designates a metallic weather-striparranged flat against a door 2, on the inner face thereof, and providedat intervals with vertical slots 3, receiving screws 4 or otherheadedfastening devices, whereby the weather-strip is secured to the door. Theweather-strip, which is capable of a limited vertical movement, isadapted to slide downward behinda strip or stem is slidingly connectedwith the door and is provided with a vertical slot 7, receiving a screw8 or other suitable `fastening device.

The stem 5 carries a guide or casing 9, consisting of an oblong loop andconstructed of a strip of metal secured at its lower end to the stem 5by the fastening devices for attaching the stem to the weather-strip andsecured above the loop by suitable fastening devices. The upper andlower ends of the loop or casing 9 are provided with perforationsreceiving a rod lO, which forms a combined door check and bolt and whichis actuated by a spring 1l. The spring,which is of spiral form, isdisposed on the rod with one end bearing against the upper end of theloop or casing 9 and its other end engaging a pin l2 or other suitablestop of the rod. The said spring is adapted to hold the rod lin contactwith the floor and prevent the door from being closed accidentally by acurrent of air. When the door is closed, the lowerend of the rod isadapted to engage a suitable socket, and it operates as a bolt forsecuring the door. The upper end of the rod is bent at right angles toprovide a handle or grip by means of which it may be readilymanipulated.

In order to hold the rod elevated and out of engagement with the floor,so that the door will swing freely, the upper end of the strip of metalof which the loop or casing 9 is constructed is bent outward to form aflange, and the rod is provided at a point between the upper end of theloop or casing and the handle with a shoulder 13, adapted to engage thefiange 14. The flange 14 is preferably disposed at a slight inclination,and the shoulder 13 is formed by a projection, which has its upper facebeveled to enable it to pass the iange readily when the rod is lifted.

The invention has the following advantages: The device, which is simpleand comparatively` inexpensive in construction, is strong and durableand adapted to be readily applied to a door. The combined weatherstripand door check effectually excludes moisture, air, and dust, and it isadapted to hold a door open and lock it when closed.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to IOO Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

What I claim isl. A device of the class described comprising avertically-movable Weather-strip designed to be mounted on a door, astein connected With the Weather-strip and extending upward therefrom,and a vertically-movable rod mounted on the stem and adapted to engage afloor, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described, compris ing a vertically-movableweather-strip designed to be mounted on a door, a stem extending upwardfrom the Weather-strip and forming a handle for the same, a casingmounted on the stem, a rod passing through the easing and adapted toengage a Hoor, a spring arranged Within the casing and en gaging therod, and aflange orprojection mounted on the stem above the casn g andarranged to be engaged by the rod to hold the latter elevated,substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described com prising a movable Weather-strip,a stem extending upward therefrom, a loop 0r casing mounted on the sternand consisting of a strip of metal having its upper end bent outward toform a flange, and a vertically-movable rod mounted in the casing andhaving a shoulder for engaging the flange, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

NEXVTON F. CAVE.

Titn esses:

JAMES R. MnssIoK, DENHAM KELLY.

